Holster securing device



Nov. 21, 1933. p NOEL HOLSTER SECURING DEVICE Fild Nov. 9,

1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 21, 1933. P. J. NOEL 1,935,984

HOLSTER SECURING DEVICE Filed Nov. 9, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Philip J Nae] Patented Nov. 21, 1933 PATENT OFFICE HOLSTER SECURING DEVICE Philip Jordan Noel,

Bowling Green, Ky.

Application November 9, 1932, Serial No. 641,903, and in Canada August 24, 1932 3 Claims.

This invention relates to supporting devices for pistol holsters and more particularly to devices of this character intended to support and retain a pistol and pistol holster in association with the pocket of a garment, most generally the hip pocket of trousers.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of the character indicated, adapted to support and secure a pistol holster with respect to a garment pocket ina manner most convenient and comfortable for the wearer and permitting a quick draw of the-weapon.

A further object is to provide a retainer of'the character described of an improved and simplified construction lending itself to easy manipulation but at the same time assuring positive and correct positioning of the holster and not liable to disarrangement or breakage.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character indicated lending itself to the convenient support of a pistol holster, either within or without a garment pocket with very slight modification of structure.

Further objects will more particularly appear in the course of the following detailed description.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective showing an application to a man of applicants improved device arranged for supporting the holster outside of the pocket;

Figure 2 shows a fragment of garment and a garment pocket with applicants improved device in position, parts thereof being broken away to illustrate its construction;

Figure 3 is a vertical medial cross section of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective showing the pistol holster disconnected from the supporting device;

Figure 5 is a rear view, partly broken away, of a modified form of applicants device in conjunction with a pistol holster arranged to be supported externally of a pocket;

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 of a further modification of applicants structure;

Figure 7 is a fragmentary cross section taken on the line 7-7 of Figure 5;

Figure 8 is a fragmentary cross section taken on the line 8--8 of Figure 6;

' Referring to the drawings: 1 indicates a garment with which is associated a pocket 2 in connection with which it is desired to associate a pistol holster 3 which may be of any desired construction.

Applicant's novel securing device comprises essentially a body member 4 conforming generally in shape and size with the garment pocket 2. This body member 4 may be formedfrom leather or the like, in which event it is preferably constructed, as illustrated, from two sheets of mate rial secured together marginally as by stitching.

It may alternatively, however, as illustrated in Figures 5 and 6, be constructed in the form of a substantially rectangular frame conforming in general to the size and shape of the pocket, with parts of the frame formed with tubular members as will hereinafter be more particularly described.

In combination with the body member 4, formed of sheet material such as leather, or the rectangular frame body 5 formed with tubular members, are arranged pocket engaging members 12 which are preferably positioned one on each side of the body or frame member, in such a manner as to normally project outwardly from the body or frame member in substantially the same plane withvthe body or frame member so as to engage the sides of the garment pocket, as indicated in Figure 2.

These pocket engaging members 12 may be formed in avariety of ways as illustrated. They may-for instance, be parts of a single piece of spring wire bent" into substantially U-form, as illustrated in Figures 2, 3, 5, and 7, depending for their outward thrust upon their normal resiliency. Alternatively, they may be formed as twee-independent members, as illustrated in Figures 6 and Brand rely for their outward thrust upon independent resilient members bearing against them.

The holster 3 is provided upon its rear face with a hook member '7 with which is associated a spring controlled keeper 8; and thebody 4 is provided adjacent its upper edge with an outwardly directed loop member 6, over which the hook 7 can be engaged so that the pistol holster may be removably and pivotally associated with the body member 4 by means of the loop 6, hook '7 and member 8.

Referring to the form of applicants invention in whichthe pocket engaging members 12 are formed from a single piece of spring wire in association with a body member 4, as illustrated in Figures 2 to 4, it will be noted that the parts 12 are in effect shoulders formed on the leg parts of a substantially U-shaped piece of wire. The base of which is rigidly secured to 'the lower edge of the body 4 by means of a clip 14, riveted or with respect to the frame. In connection with with the body 4 so that the free ends 15 are guided between the sheets forming the body 4 in sliding relationship thereto, and so that the shoulders 12, which constitute the pocket engaging members, are retained always in proper alignment with the body 4 and in substantially the same plane therewith.

Where this single piece of spring wire is used in association with a frame member 5, the frame 5 is provided with a medial tubular member 18 secured to the side members of the frame 5 and arranged in axial alignment with suitable holes provided within said side frame members, through which the inturned end parts 15 extend with the loop members 20 projecting through slot 19 where they can be readily engaged by the fingers, and by means of which arrangement the alignment of members 12 is further maintained. In this structure, as illustrated in Figmembers having parallel legs 21, on the ends of which are secured pistons or abutment members 22; and these parallel legs 21 are arranged to slide in parallel tubular frame members. Between the opposed abutment members 22 are positioned compression springs 23 tending to force the opposed U-shaped members outwardly this structure, it is desirable to provide slots 24 adjacent the ends of the parallel tubular members, through which project the free ends. of spring catch members 25 adapted to project into the bore of the tubular members to act as stops and prevent the unintentional expulsion of th U-shaped members.

Various other modifications will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, but within the scope of the present invention as claimed.

What I claim is:

1. In combination, a pistol holster, a supporting member shaped to conform generally in size and shape of a garment pocket and having means for engaging a pocket when seated therein to retain said supporting member in the pocket, and means for detachably and pivotally securing the pistol holster to said supporting member.

2. In combination, a pistol holster, a supporting member shaped to conform generally in size and shape of a garment pocket and having means for engaging a pocket when seated therein to retain said supporting member in the pocket, and means positioned adjacent the top of the supporting member and coacting means positioned adjacent the top of the pistol holster, said means in conjunction constituting a detachable, pivotal attachment between the holster and supporting member whereby the former may be positioned outside of a garment pocket when the latter is held within the pocket.

3. The structure of claim 2 in which the axis of the pivotal connection is transverse the supporting member and in a plane parallel therewith adapted in use to extend horizontally and parallel with the upper edge of the garment pocket.

PHILIP JORDAN NOEL. 

